Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025
Quarter 1

South Africa, 2025

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ZAF_2025_QLFS-Q1_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Jul 08, 2025

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Jul 08, 2025

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Data file: qlfs-2025-q1-worker-v1

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Valid: 5149

Invalid: 61280

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 16

Range: 1 - 10

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Agriculture; hunting and forestry	451	8.8%
2	Mining	98	1.9%
3	Manufacturing	425	8.3%
4	Electricity; gas and water	27	0.5%
5	Construction	631	12.3%
6	Wholesale and retail trade	984	19.1%
7	Transport; storage and communication	257	5%
8	Finance and business services	640	12.4%
9	Community; social and personal services	1108	21.5%
10	Private households	528	10.3%
Sysmiss		61280

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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